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It was the North American Indian who was then occupying the wilderness. soon to become the greatest country in the world. which afterwards became the home of the most powerful nation on earth. and has been peopled by the most hospitable. energetic. and homogeneous nation ever known to mankind. Soon after the landing on the North American Continent by the pioneer Pilgrims they began to try to teach the Indian the white mans language and customs and to ingratiate themselves into the confidence of the red man. in whose midst they had settled. Shortly thereafter another band of emigrants came to the New World. and after forming settlement it soon became apparent to the Indian that his neighbor was seeking to encroach upon his untrammeled and unlimited hunting grounds. This bold encroachment of the unknown white man upon the Indian was more than the Indian would bear. and soon trouble arose. and. as is always the case of the strong against the weak. after many hardfought battles and untold and unbearable hardships the Indian was forced to abandon his location and seek new hunting grounds in the wilderness farther back from the shores. thereby leaving the home of his original settlement and the home dear to his savage breast and go to unknown and unsettled lands and again establish his cabin and home. where he could again livein peace and pursue his native sports unmolested by the white man. We find that this condition did not remain long. for hardly had the Indian settled in his new location when new emigrants from the Old World would land and push forward into the interior of the country. and would soon be encroaching upon the settlements of the Indian. and again trouble arose. The Indian objected to the white settlers coming into his settlements. which would bring about nothing but disputes and trouble between the two races. but. as before. the white settler being the dominant race. would force tile Indian farther back into the interior and would by force and acquisition assume ownership of the lauds which had been occupied by the Indian. Again the Indian was driven from his settlement by the white race and pushed farther back into the interior. and where he had to build new settlements. undergoing hardships and sufferings incident to the pioneer life and the establishment of new homes.